Yeah, you heard me. In favor. All of them are great, but my favorite by far is his fourth argument, Let’s Vote:

LET’S VOTE!

The recent OCA signature drive for the Divine Sovereignty Life Amendment, if successful, would
have given Oregonians the extraordinary opportunity to
vote on the existence of God, yes or no. Religious
dogma would have been decided democratically by popular
vote — essentially creating an official state religion
with GOD ALMIGHTY enshrined in the Constitution as

Oregon State Deity!

Although this initiative drive failed, the Christian
Coalition has now created a Commandment Amendment to
the Constitution! Measure 36 ordains us to

VOTE ON THE THEOLOGICAL BELIEF

of whether churches, synagogues, and temples shalt
not be permitted to marry gays and lesbians.

And this election thus establishes the glorious precedent for democratic electioneering on ALL of the

This is democracy! Religious beliefs belong on
the ballot, and winning beliefs become public policy in the
Constitutional Catechism! Minority adherents,
straight and gay, should have the statesmanship to accept that
religious freedom does not protect losing beliefs in a
theological election.

Your special right to practice your moral beliefs (including marriage) is subject to the whims of popular vote!

It’s not discrimination, it’s electoral theology.

In Oregon, democratic dogma is inspired by initiative and referendum — in the

Random note - I just noticed that in the seventh line of section IV of “The Cake is Rotten” that there’s a typo in which “marital” was rendered “martial”. All sorts of interesting metaphors possible there, but I’m assuming it’s not what you intended in that particular sentence.

Coalitions of the Willing

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